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J. H. Colton: Colton's New Jersey   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Colton's New Jersey
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English: This rare hand colored map of New Jersey is a copper plate engraving dating to 1855. Produced by the important mid 19th century American map publisher J. H. Colton. Covers the region in considerable detail, documenting roads, railroads, canals, counties and topographical features.. Prepared out of Colton's 172 William St, New York, office for inclusion as plate no. 73 in the 1857 issue of Colton's General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 16 in (40.6 cm); width: 13 in (33 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13U218593
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Geographicus link: NewJersey-c-1855
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 1, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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